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Toys and Communication
. Ed(S): Magalhaes, Luisa; Goldstein, Jeffrey
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Description for Toys and Communication
hardcover. Editor(s): Magalhaes, Luisa; Goldstein, Jeffrey. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTC; JMC; TDP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
There are few scholarly books about toys, and even fewer that consider toys within the context of culture and communication. Toys and Communication is an innovative collection that effectively showcases work by specialists who have sought to examine toys throughout history and in many cultures, including 1930’s Europe, Morocco, India, Spanish art of the 16th-19th centuries. Psychologists stress the importance of the role of toys and play in children’s language development and intellectual skills, and this book demonstrates the recurrent theme of the transmission of cultural norms through the portrayal, presentation and use of toys. The text establishes the role ... Read more
There are few scholarly books about toys, and even fewer that consider toys within the context of culture and communication. Toys and Communication is an innovative collection that effectively showcases work by specialists who have sought to examine toys throughout history and in many cultures, including 1930’s Europe, Morocco, India, Spanish art of the 16th-19th centuries. Psychologists stress the importance of the role of toys and play in children’s language development and intellectual skills, and this book demonstrates the recurrent theme of the transmission of cultural norms through the portrayal, presentation and use of toys. The text establishes the role ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
309
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137591357
SKU
V9781137591357
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Ref
99-15
About . Ed(S): Magalhaes, Luisa; Goldstein, Jeffrey
Luísa Magalhães is Researcher in Communication Sciences at the Catholic University of Portugal, and is especially interested in the relationship between children, toys and play activities. Jeffrey Goldstein is Affiliated Researcher at the Institute for Cultural Inquiry, Utrecht University, The Netherlands. He is the author or editor of 16 books and is a fellow of both the American Psychological ... Read more
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